[meteorite-list] this day in meteorite history

[Jerry Flaherty]

It's special for me to share Ensisheim's birthday!
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> On this day in meteorite history...

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> Kingia meteorite impact

> On November 7, 1967 a meteorite fell in Sudan.

> The sample which apparently fell as one piece, was reported to have 

> weighed about one pound (450 g) and is thought to have been destroyed by 

> the locals, leaving only a fragment weighing 67.4 grams that was later 

> classified as a H6 chondrite.

> The remaining sample is now in the custody of the Geological Survey, Khar 

> toum, Sudan.

>

> Ensisheim meteorite impact

> On November 7, 1492 the Ensisheim meteorite fell in France. This is a very 

> historic fall that help to prove that meteorites did indeed come from 

> space and is the oldest known witnessed fall.

> It had an estimated weight of 150 kg before people started breaking pieces 

> off.

> It was described in detail by the contemporary poet Sebastian Brant and 

> the site was visited by a King Maximilian (who would later become emperor 

> of Austria) as he led his army into battle. It was declared by his 

> advisors to be a sign of divine grace and a presage of his victory.

> He later ordered it to be preserved in a church as evidence of a miracle 

> where it would remain for 300 years.

> It was later moved to Colmar for study until it was returned in 1803 to 

> the place of its impact.

> The remaining 56 kg fragment is now on display in a museum in the old city 

> hall in Ensisheim. It was classified as a LL6.

>

> Jeedamya meteorite find

> On November 7, 1971 in the Menzies district of Western Australia a Station 

> worker, R. Blizzard, found the stone that weighed 914 grams in a shallow 

> depression (1 cm) in the soil.

> The meteorite was later classified as a H6 chondrite and it is now in the 

> Western Australian Museum.

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